Thank you for this story, Peter. Rua Nova is my favorite Santiago street - especially since I first visited the Vetusta Bookshop 6 years ago. It’s been closed the last few times I’ve visited and I’m happy I can visit and say hello to Quini one last time before the shop closes permanently.

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The tortilla at Bar Tita is one of the two best on the Camino! The other is O Ceadoiro in O Pino/A Brea. There is a wait to get a table at Bar Tita at almost all times. It is most curious, and not a pilgrim phenomenon.